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requirements

[Place]

The pond should be located in a sunny area as smooth as possible, without much noise and where people do not go very often (ie more secluded garden area).

[Material]

All recommended materials to make ponds for fish and plants are good for keeping turtles.

The plastic sheets are made with the least recommended, as this type of canvas sliding a lot and it is possible that the turtles are loath to leave the water. Generally are often made with special cement concrete (or similar material) because you can perform the desired shapes and is not a slippery material.

[Form and depth]

in the shape of the pond there are not many requirements, as well as live turtles ponds well in rectangular, round or more complex shapes. What I recommend is that do not have very narrow zones (minimum 25 cm), and the turtles could be stranded and injured the shell.

The use of fountains and waterfalls, but keep in mind that the water falls in a phased manner, ie without making much noise and cause much movement in the water. This must be so because the turtles, when in the water, guided much of this vibration to anticipate potential threats. A constant movement of water with added noise stress can reach the sea.

The deepest part must be at least about 50 cm deep. There is no depth, but if you want to have to control animals should be made so that may be hunted with the aid of nets for swimming pools.

personally recommend that the pond is made in the form of beach, ie the depth diminishes slowly to facilitate the turtles out to the dry zone. This is essential for species that are not good swimmers, such as gender Sternotherus, Kinosternon and Staurotypus .

[ Recinto ]

Para mantener tortugas de los géneros Trachemys , Pseudemys y Graptemys adecuadamente, es muy importante que desde el estanque tengan acceso a una zona totalmente seca. Esta zona debe tener tierra (no arena), con algunas plantas, arbustos, …

La zona más próxima al estanque será utilizada para tomar el sol (práctica indispensable para termo-regularse), y el resto del recinto puede ser utilizado para realizar las puestas.

No es necesario que el field is very large, because these animals spend most of the time in the water.

As mentioned earlier, the pond should have a beach, a ramp or logs that allow the turtles leave the water without major efforts.

To get around the site and the pond should put a good fence. This is much more important than it may seem, as these turtles are great climbers and the first thing they do is try to escape the enclosure.

This fence must be leak-proof: should have the top tilted toward the interior of the enclosure to prevent the climb and jump to the other side. It is also useful to put some kind of plastic material that prevents slippage and turtles see what's on the other side of the fence.

[Water]

Turtles are very dirty animals. Because of food scraps, faeces and urine the water gets dirty very easily. To avoid this, basically two things are recommended:

1. Using a powerful filter to renew and clean the water constantly.

2. not put too many turtles in the pond. A good ratio would be 150 liters per each turtle.

Do not use chlorinated water. If so, should be allowed to stand 24-48 hours before returning to the turtles in the pond.

[Other people]

If the pond is large enough, the turtles can get to live with fish. If they can, but turtles hunt everything that moves.

Aquatic plants add a natural touch to a pond, but can be a food source for turtles should be very hungry.

To prevent devastate the plants, the pond can be divided into two parts: one for turtles, and the other for plants and fish.

Amphibians are not suitable because they are not as fast as fish and are easy prey for sea.